Table 3 Incidence rates of simple AOM in the overall study population over the total study period by age group
From: Incidence of acute otitis media in children < 16 years old in Germany during 2014–2019
Overall (2014–2019) | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | Trend test (p-value)a | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Overall (all age-groups) | ||||||||
N episodes | 278,715 | 53,306 | 51,507 | 50,079 | 45,118 | 43,414 | 41,528 | |
Rate per 1,000 CY (95% CI) | 77.47 (77.18–77.76) | 84.31 (83.59–85.03) | 81.95 (81.24–82.66) | 81.21 (80.50–81.92) | 74.00 (73.32–74.69) | 71.74 (71.07–72.42) | 69.36 (68.70–70.04) | 0.003 |
0–1 age group | ||||||||
N episodes | 62,198 | 11,544 | 11,034 | 10,950 | 10,109 | 9,704 | 9,137 | |
Rate per 1,000 CY (95% CI) | 143.82 (142.69–144.95) | 166.79 (163.76–169.86) | 154.59 (151.72–157.50) | 150.39 (147.59–153.23) | 137.08 (134.42–139.78) | 131.62 (129.01–134.26) | 125.07 (122.52–127.66) | 0.003 |
2–4 age group | ||||||||
N episodes | 113,561 | 21,612 | 20,471 | 20,083 | 18,618 | 17,860 | 17,980 | |
Rate per 1,000 CY (95% CI) | 168.89 (167.91–169.88) | 189.65 (187.13–192.19) | 178.79 (176.35–181.25) | 175.44 (173.02–177.88) | 160.94 (158.63–163.27) | 151.76 (149.55–154.01) | 152.61 (150.39–154.86) | 0.02 |
5–15 age group | ||||||||
N episodes | 102,956 | 20,150 | 20,002 | 19,046 | 16,391 | 15,850 | 14,411 | |
Rate per 1,000 CY (95% CI) | 41.30 (41.05–41.55) | 44.87 (44.25–45.49) | 45.19 (44.56–45.82) | 44.35 (43.73–44.99) | 39.00 (38.41–39.60) | 38.31 (37.71–38.91) | 35.34 (34.76–35.92) | 0.02 |